The Herriotts

The Herriotts is a large house, originally built between 1825 and 1840 and later used as a hotel, now serving as a residential home for the elderly. A southern wing was added around 1880 to provide further hotel accommodation. Rear extensions and internal alterations were made in the 20th century.

The building is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with slate roofs. Notable features include cast iron elements of a porte cochère and verandahs. The ridge and roof stacks have cornices, with the exception of a rebuilt stack at the north end which has boxed eaves.

The main range is eleven bays long and runs under a continuous hipped roof. The central five bays are recessed, flanked by three-bay end blocks. The six-bay south wing of 1880 is set back, with a fenestration pattern of 3:5:3:6 bays. The recessed central five bays possibly represent the original structure. The main entrance is centrally positioned, with narrow sidelights and a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars, framed by Tuscan pilasters, dado panels, and an entablature. Double doors have glazed upper panels. A late 19th-century cast iron porte cochère fronts the doorway, featuring slender columns with foliage caps, wide coach entries on paired columns, and three semi-circular arches on single columns with elaborately pierced spandrels and rectangular panels above. It culminates in a plain pediment gable. Sashes with 3x5 panes are present on the ground and first floors, except to the right of the doorway where 20th-century three-light casements replace the original sashes. Flat brick arches support the windows. There are five roof dormers, each with barred casements and pyramidal roofs topped with lead ball finials.

The left-hand wing has a central doorway with a fanlight of decorative bars and a glazed panel door. Ground and first floor sashes are present, with 3x5 panes and shallow segmental arches with stucco mouldings and keyblocks. The right-hand block echoes this design, but features French windows with fanlights on the ground floor, all windows having brick segmental arches. The south wing also incorporates French windows and sashes with bars to the first floor. Late 19th-century cast iron verandahs, featuring slender columns and pierced brackets, have been added to the fronts of the three-bay blocks.